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Mayors and Postmasters of Evansville, Indiana

Mayors of Evansville, 1847-2012 (may be incomplete!)
James G. Jones 1847-53 John S. Hopkins 1853-56 John Hewson 1856-59 William Baker 1859-68 William Hall Walker 1868-70 Eccles G. Van Riper 1870 William Baker 1870-72 Charles H. Butterfield 1872-74 John J. Kleiner 1874-80 Thomas C. Bridwell 1880-86 John H. Dannettell 1886-89 Nicholas M. Goodlett 1889-92 Anthony C. Hawkins 1892-97 William M. Akin, Jr. 1897-1901 Charles G. Covert 1901-06 John W. Boehne 1906-09 John J. Nolan 1909-10 Charles F. Heilman 1910-14 Benjamin Bosse 1914-22 William H. Elmendorf 1922-26 Herbert Males 1926-30 Frank W. Griese 1930-35 William H. Dress 1935-42 Manson L. Reichert 1943-48 William H. Dress 1948-49 Edwin F. Diekmann 1949-51 Henry O. Roberts 1952-55 Vance Hartke 1956-58 J. William Davidson 1958-60 Frank F. McDonald 1960-72 Russell G. Lloyd, Sr. 1972-79 Michael Vandeveer 1980-87 Frank F. McDonald II 1987-2000 Russ Lloyd, Jr. 2000-03 Jonathan Weinzapfel 2003-11 Lloyd Winnecke 2012-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1868: William Baker, defeated.
  • 1870 Sep 9: William Hall Walker, died in office.
  • 1872 May 23: William Baker, died in office.
  • 1901: John W. Boehne (Dem), defeated.
  • 1901 Apr 2: Charles G. Covert (Rep), elected.
  • 1909: Charles F. Heilman (Rep), elected.
  • 1922 Apr 4: Benjamin Bosse, died in office.
  • 1925 May 5: John K. Jennings (Dem), nominated; James Y. Welborn (Dem), defeated in primary; Benjamin Newman, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1925 May 5: Herbert Males (Rep), nominated; Alvan V. Burch (Rep), defeated in primary; Orville L. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1925 Nov 3: Herbert Males (Rep), elected; John K. Jennings (Dem), defeated.
  • 1929: Susie Van Orman (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1929: Frank W. Griese (Dem), elected.
  • 1934: William H. Dress (Dem), elected.
  • 1938: William H. Dress (Dem), elected.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Manson L. Reichert (Rep), elected; William H. Dress (Dem), defeated.
  • 1949 Nov 10: William H. Dress, died in office.
  • 1958: Vance Hartke, resigned.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Frank F. McDonald (Dem), elected; Henry O. Roberts (Rep), defeated.
  • 1987: Michael Vandeveer, resigned.

    Postmasters at Evansville, 1818-1971 (may be incomplete!)
    Hugh McGary 1818-19 Ansel Wood 1819-20 Jacob Zimmerman 1820-22 William Warner 1822-23 Harley B. Chandler 1823-27 Alexander Johnson 1827 Levi Price 1827-35 Charles D. Bourne 1835-38 Frederick E. Goodsell 1838-41 Daniel Chute 1841-45 Benjamin F. Duprey 1845-49 William H. Chandler 1849-51 William Butler 1851 Crawford Bell 1851-52 William H. Chandler 1852-53 Ben Stinson 1853-57 Christopher R. Rudd 1857-61 James H. McNeeley 1861-66 James P. De Bouler 1866-67 Azariah T. Whittlesey 1867-69 John W. Foster 1869-73 Theodore R. McFerson 1873-77 Francis M. Thayer 1877-83 Henry S. Bennett 1883-85 James W. Lauer 1885-89 Henry S. Bennett 1889-93 John J. Nolan 1893-97 James D. Parvin 1897-1906 Charles G. Covert 1906-10 Charles Sihler 1910-14 John J. Nolan 1914-23 Charles G. Covert 1923-33 Henry M. Mayer 1933-34 Henry M. Mayer 1934-46 Walter J. Foley 1946 William R. Etheridge 1946-48 John Edgar Sachs 1948-56 Joseph E. Conley 1956-57 Charles L. Oxley 1957-58 Charles L. Oxley 1958-71

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